Often it is used in a negative manner, as in the phrase “not given to filthy lucre.” from the Bible .

From this, the term "the filthy" became slang for money.

Uses In Fiction

• The novel The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan has a hill called Lucre where the character Demas, a deceiver, beckons to pilgrims to come and join in the supposed silver mining going on in it.

See also

• Luker
• Tim Bobbin, poet who used the phrase in his short verse, When Filthy Lucre Joins a Man and Wife

Other uses

• Filthy Lucre is a band
• Filthy Lucre Live is a live album from the Sex Pistols
• Lucre Island is a fictional island